MAJOR EVENTS LATEST…
THE draw has been made for the British Under-21 semi-final at Kent on Monday April 4.Competitors will be chasing a top ten finish to qualify for the Final at Sheffield ten days later.
The first race sees a clash between Jack Kingston and Ellis Perks, who have both changed National League clubs this season, whilst 2015 British Youth sensation Jack Parkinson-Blackburn has his first outing in Heat 2. Home riders James Shanes and Danno Verge will then appear over the next two races.
British Youth boss Neil Vatcher said: “We are delighted to have a new venue for this prestige event, and with Kent being such a great stadium, I cannot think of a better place to host it.“Kent hosted a successful British Under-19 Final in 2014, and it has always been my intention to go back to Central Park at some point soon.“My thanks must go to both Len Silver, who has always been keen to support British Under-21 events, and Roger Cearns for agreeing to this date.“In recent seasons, the semi-final has been held at Plymouth and Mildenhall, it is an event that we like to share around the country and 2016 is now the turn of Kent.“Our thanks go to the Kent promotion for agreeing to host the event, and the BSPA for supporting it.”Meanwhile Sheffield co-promoter Damien Bates is eagerly awaiting news of the qualifiers to join the six seeded riders in the Final at Owlerton.Bates said: “I’m personally really delighted to get the British U21 Final. It’s something I spoke to the BSPA about, and they obviously felt we were a good choice to take it on.“It’s provided some great racing over the last few years, there is always plenty of drama and some top class talent on show so fingers crossed that it can be another entertaining meeting this year.”
SEMI-FINAL DRAW: 1 Kelsey Dugard (Unattached), 2 Luke Ruddick (Mildenhall), 3 Jack Kingston (Cradley), 4 Ellis Perks (Plymouth/Isle of Wight), 5 Connor Mountain (Mildenhall), 6 Nathan Greaves (Sheffield/King’s Lynn), 7 Danyon Hume (Birmingham), 8 Jack Parkinson-Blackburn (Birmingham), 9 Danny Phillips (Newcastle/Stoke), 10 George Hunter (Rye House), 11 James Shanes (Kent), 12 Alfie Bowtell (Mildenhall), 13 Danno Verge (Kent), 14 Liam Carr (Berwick/Coventry), 15 Josh Bailey (Scunthorpe/King’s Lynn), 16 Ryan Kinsley (King’s Lynn). Reserves TBC.
BRITISH UNDER-21 FINAL – Seeded riders: Robert Lambert (King’s Lynn/Newcastle), Adam Ellis (Poole), Josh Bates (Coventry/Sheffield), Max Clegg (Edinburgh/Wolverhampton/Cradley), Zach Wajtknecht (Somerset/Birmingham), Oliver Greenwood (Buxton).
BRITISH SPEEDWAY MAJOR EVENTS 2016BRITISH UNDER-21 FINAL: Sheffield, April 14BRITISH FINAL: Belle Vue, June 13PREMIER LEAGUE PAIRS: Somerset, July 8PREMIER LEAGUE FOURS WEEKEND: Peterborough, July 23/24PREMIER LEAGUE RIDERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP: Sheffield, September 11ELITE LEAGUE RIDERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP: Coventry, Date TBC
NATIONAL LEAGUE MAJOR EVENTS 2016NATIONAL LEAGUE FOURS: Coventry, August 14NATIONAL LEAGUE PAIRS: King’s Lynn, August 27NATIONAL LEAGUE RIDERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP: Leicester, September 17
BRITISH SPEEDWAY FIM EVENTS 2016:WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER: King’s Lynn, May 7WORLD UNDER-21 QUALIFIER: Belle Vue, May 21WORLD UNDER-21 FINAL Round 1: King’s Lynn, June 18
BRITISH SPEEDWAY STARTING LINE-UPS 2016
NB: Ins and Outs refer to clubs’ last declared line-ups of 2015.
ELITE LEAGUE LINE-UPS…
* denotes rider also racing in the Premier LeagueEDR denotes Elite Draft RiderMoves between clubs listed in the case of clubs in the same league.
BELLE VUE: Matej Zagar, Craig Cook, Scott Nicholls, Max Fricke, Richie Worrall*, Steve Worrall* (EDR), Joe Jacobs (EDR).IN: R.Worrall, Jacobs.OUT: Josh Grajczonek (to Swindon), Stefan Nielsen (to Swindon).
COVENTRY: Krzysztof Kasprzak, Chris Harris, Danny King*, Jason Garrity*, Kacper Woryna, Josh Bates* (EDR), James Sarjeant* (EDR). Additional EDR: Adam Roynon*IN: Kasprzak, Woryna, Bates (from Wolverhampton).OUT: Joonas Kylmakorpi (to Wolverhampton), Hans Andersen (to Poole), Kyle Howarth (to Wolverhampton).
KING’S LYNN: Niels-Kristian Iversen#, Robert Lambert*, Rory Schlein, Mads Korneliussen, Kai Huckenbeck, Carl Wilkinson* (EDR), Lewis Rose* (EDR). Additional EDR: Simon Lambert*IN: Schlein, Korneliussen, Huckenbeck, Wilkinson, Rose (from Swindon).OUT: Kenneth Bjerre, Vaclav Milik, Nicklas Porsing, Lewis Kerr (to Lakeside), Ashley Morris.# - temporary replacement for injured Troy Batchelor.
LAKESIDE: Andreas Jonsson, Lewis Bridger, Kim Nilsson, Edward Kennett*/Richard Lawson*, Piotr Swiderski, Lewis Kerr* (EDR), Robert Mear (EDR). No.8: Dennis Jonsson.IN: Bridger, Swiderski (from Leicester), Kerr (from King’s Lynn), Mear.OUT: Mikkel Bech (to Wolverhampton), Ashley Birks, Adam Ellis (to Poole).
LEICESTER: Sebastian Ulamek, Patrick Hougaard, Grzegorz Walasek, Szymon Wozniak, Nicolai Klindt*, Josh Auty* (EDR), Paul Starke* (EDR).IN: Ulamek, Hougaard, Klindt, Starke (from Poole).OUT: Jason Doyle (to Swindon), Sam Masters (to Wolverhampton), Piotr Swiderski (to Lakeside), Simon Lambert.
POOLE: Chris Holder, Davey Watt, Krzysztof Buczkowski, Hans Andersen, Brady Kurtz, Kyle Newman* (EDR), Adam Ellis (EDR).IN: Buczkowski, Andersen (from Coventry), Kurtz, Ellis (from Lakeside).OUT: Maciej Janowski, Dakota North, Kacper Gomolski, Paul Starke (to Leicester).
SWINDON: Jason Doyle, Nick Morris, Josh Grajczonek*, Rohan Tungate*, Justin Sedgmen, Charles Wright* (EDR), Stefan Nielsen* (EDR).IN: Doyle (from Leicester), Grajczonek (from Belle Vue), Tungate, Sedgmen, Nielsen (from Belle Vue).OUT: Grzegorz Zengota, Peter Kildemand, Aaron Summers, Troy Batchelor (to King’s Lynn), Lewis Rose (to King’s Lynn).
WOLVERHAMPTON: Joonas Kylmakorpi, Mikkel Bech, Jacob Thorssell, Fredrik Lindgren, Sam Masters*, Kyle Howarth* (EDR), Max Clegg* (EDR).IN: Kylmakorpi (from Coventry), Bech (from Lakeside), Masters (from Leicester), Howarth (from Coventry), Clegg.OUT: Ricky Wells, Peter Karlsson, Tobiasz Musielak, Lewis Blackbird, Josh Bates (to Coventry).
PREMIER LEAGUE LINE-UPS…
* denotes rider also racing in the Elite League# denotes 3.00 NL-eligible rider named as No.7Moves between clubs listed in the case of clubs in the same league.BERWICK: Thomas Jorgensen, Sebastian Alden, Kevin Doolan, Theo Pijper, Anders Mellgren, Matt Wethers, Liam Carr#IN: Alden, Pijper (from Scunthorpe), Wethers (from Workington), Carr.OUT: Vissing (to Workington), Mathias Thornblom, Richard Hall (to Sheffield), Fernando Garcia (Glasgow).
EDINBURGH: Sam Masters*, Kevin Wolbert, Ryan Fisher, Erik Riss, Jye Etheridge, Max Clegg*, TBC#IN: Fisher, Etheridge, TBC.OUT: Craig Cook, Justin Sedgmen, Robert Branford.
GLASGOW: Richard Lawson*, Aaron Summers, Ben Barker, Richie Worrall*, Nike Lunna, Fernando Garcia, Danny Ayres#IN: Barker (from Peterborough), Worrall (from Somerset), Lunna, Garcia (from Berwick), Ayres.OUT: Nick Morris, Kauko Nieminen, Victor Palovaara, James Sarjeant (to Ipswich), Hynek Stichauer.
IPSWICH: Danny King*, Nico Covatti, Lewis Kerr*, Morten Risager, James Sarjeant*, Paco Castagna, Darryl Ritchings#IN: Kerr (from Newcastle), Risager (from Plymouth), Sarjeant (from Glasgow), Castagna (from Sheffield), Ritchings.OUT: Rohan Tungate (to Somerset), Cameron Heeps (to Rye House), Gino Manzares, Stefan Nielsen (to Plymouth), Ashley Morris.
NEWCASTLE: Robert Lambert*, Steve Worrall*, Matej Kus, Ludvig Lindgren, Tero Aarnio, Lewis Rose*, Danny Phillips#.IN: Lambert (from Rye House), Kus (from Redcar), Rose, Phillips.OUT: Lewis Kerr (to Ipswich), Anton Rosen, Christian Henry, Simon Nielsen (to Redcar).
PETERBOROUGH: Ulrich Ostergaard, Nikolaj B Jakobsen, Nicklas Porsing, Michael Palm Toft, Simon Lambert, Emil Grondal, Tom Perry#IN: Jakobsen (from Rye House), Porsing, Perry.OUT: Ben Barker (to Glasgow), Anders Thomsen, Rafal Konopka.
PLYMOUTH: Charlie Gjedde, Jack Holder, Kyle Newman*, Todd Kurtz, Sam Simota, Stefan Nielsen*, Ellis Perks#IN: Gjedde, Nielsen (from Ipswich), Perks.OUT: Ryan Fisher (to Edinburgh), Morten Risager (to Ipswich), Linus Eklof.
REDCAR: Lasse Bjerre, Jacob Bukhave, Jonas Andersen, Hugh Skidmore, David Bellego, Simon Nielsen, Lee Payne#IN: Bukhave, Skidmore, Bellego (from Sheffield), Nielsen (from Newcastle), Payne.OUT: Matej Kus (to Newcastle), Stuart Robson (to Rye House), Adam Roynon (to Workington), Dimitri Berge (to Sheffield), Jan Graversen.
RYE HOUSE: Edward Kennett*, Stuart Robson, Cameron Heeps, Leigh Lanham, Kasper Lykke, Peter Karger, Ben Morley#IN: Robson (from Redcar), Heeps (from Ipswich), Lanham (from Scunthorpe), Karger, Morley.OUT: Robert Lambert (to Newcastle), Nikolaj B Jakobsen (to Peterborough), Luke Bowen, Danny Maassen, Dan Greenwood.
SCUNTHORPE: Josh Auty*, Zdenek Holub, Ryan Douglas, Alex Davies, Nicolai Klindt*, Carl Wilkinson*, Josh Bailey#IN: Auty, Douglas, Klindt (from Sheffield), Bailey.OUT: Andreas Lyager, Theo Pijper (to Berwick), Leigh Lanham (to Rye House), Nike Lunna (to Glasgow).
SHEFFIELD: Simon Stead, Jason Garrity*, Kyle Howarth*, Josh Bates*, Dimitri Berge, Richard Hall, Nathan Greaves#IN: Stead, Howarth (from Workington), Berge (from Redcar), Hall (from Berwick), Greaves.OUT: Andre Compton, David Bellego (to Redcar), Nicolai Klindt (to Scunthorpe), Robin Aspegren, Paco Castagna (to Ipswich).
SOMERSET: Josh Grajczonek*, Rohan Tungate*, Charles Wright*, Paul Starke*, Jake Allen, Bradley Wilson-Dean, Zach Wajtknecht#IN: Tungate (from Ipswich), Allen, Wilson-Dean, Watjknecht.OUT: Brady Kurtz, Richie Worrall (to Glasgow), Rasmus Jensen (to Workington), Oliver Greenwood.
WORKINGTON: Ricky Wells, Claus Vissing, Kenneth Hansen, Rasmus Jensen, Adam Roynon, Mason Campton, Matt Williamson#IN: Vissing (from Berwick), Roynon (from Redcar), Jensen (from Somerset), Campton.OUT: Rene Bach, Kyle Howarth (to Sheffield), Rusty Harrison, Matt Wethers (to Berwick).
NATIONAL LEAGUE LINE-UPS…
* denotes rider also racing in the Premier LeagueMoves between clubs listed in the case of clubs in the same league.
BELLE VUE: Matt Williamson*, Lee Payne*, Rob Shuttleworth, Tom Woolley, David Holt, Daniel Bewley, Andy Mellish.IN: Williamson (from Cradley), Payne (from Stoke), Shuttleworth (from Coventry), Wolley (from Buxton), Holt, Bewley, Mellish.OUT: N/A – new club in 2016.
BIRMINGHAM: Zach Wajtknecht*, Tom Perry*, Darryl Ritchings*, Tom Bacon, Danyon Hume, Jack Smith, Jack Parkinson-Blackburn. No.8: Emerson Jones.IN: Ritchings (from Coventry), Bacon (from Mildenhall), Hume (from Rye House), Smith, Parkinson-Blackburn (from Buxton No.8).OUT: Adam Ellis, Sam Chapman, Adam Kirby, Alex Wilson, Harvie Banks.
BUXTON: Oliver Greenwood, Jade Mudgway, Ryan Blacklock, Shelby Rutherford, Steve Jones, Ryan Burton, Lee Geary.IN: Greenwood, Mudgway, Rutherford, Burton, Geary.OUT: Tony Atkin (to Stoke), Liam Carr (to Coventry), David Speight, Tom Woolley (to Belle Vue), Ryan MacDonald (to Stoke).
COVENTRY: Dan Greenwood, Liam Carr*, Martin Knuckey, Conor Dwyer, Ryan Terry-Daley, Callum Walker, Jamie Halder.IN: Carr (from Buxton), Terry-Daley (from Stoke), Walker (was No.8).OUT: Darryl Ritchings (to Birmingham), Rob Shuttleworth (to Belle Vue), Mark Baseby (to Isle of Wight).
CRADLEY: Max Clegg*, Ashley Morris, Luke Chessell, Jack Kingston, James Purchase, Bradley Andrews, Ben Basford.IN: Morris, Chessell (from Rye House), Kingston (from Mildenhall), Purchase, Andrews, Basford (from Kent No.8).OUT: Matt Williamson (to Belle Vue), Ellis Perks (to Isle of Wight), Nathan Greaves (to King’s Lynn), Arron Mogridge, Michael Neale, Luke Harris.
EASTBOURNE: Kyle Hughes, Ben Hopwood, Jake Knight, Georgie Wood, Richard Andrews, Charley Powell, Nick Phillips.IN: Hughes (from Rye House), Knight (from King’s Lynn), Powell, Phillips.OUT: Bradley Wilson-Dean, Mark Owen, Daniel Spiller, Kelsey Dugard.
ISLE OF WIGHT: James Cockle, Ellis Perks*, Lee Smart, Brendan Johnson, Mark Baseby, Tyler Govier, Mark Saul. No.8: George Piper.IN: Cockle, Perks (from Cradley), Smart, Johnson, Baseby (from Coventry), Govier (from Cradley No.8), Saul.OUT: N/A – new club in 2016.
KENT: Luke Bowen, Danny Ayres*, James Shanes, David Mason, Luke Clifton, Danno Verge, Jack Thomas.IN: Bowen, Mason, Clifton, Thomas.OUT: Ben Morley (to Rye House), Aaron Baseby, Jamie Couzins, Adam Sheppard.
KING’S LYNN: Tom Stokes, Nathan Greaves*, Josh Bailey*, Shane Hazelden, Scott Campos, Ryan Kinsley, Layne Cuppit.IN: Greaves (from Cradley).OUT: Jake Knight (to Eastbourne).
MILDENHALL: Dan Halsey, Jon Armstrong, Connor Mountain, Connor Coles, Alfie Bowtell, Luke Ruddick, Robert Parker.IN: Armstrong (from Stoke), Bowtell (from Rye House), Parker (from Birmingham No.8).OUT: Jack Kingston (to Cradley), Tom Bacon (to Birmingham), Nick Laurence.
RYE HOUSE: Robert Branford, Ben Morley*, Luke Priest, George Hunter, Sam Woods, Connor Locke, Kenny Bowdery.IN: Morley (from Kent), Hunter (was No.8), Locke, Bowdery.OUT: Kyle Hughes (to Eastbourne), Luke Chessell (to Cradley), Alfie Bowtell (to Mildenhall), Danyon Hume (to Birmingham).
STOKE: Ben Wilson, Tony Atkin, Danny Phillips*, Chris Widman, Shaun Tedham, Ryan MacDonald, Lewis Millar.IN: Wilson, Atkin (from Buxton), MacDonald (from Buxton), Millar.OUT: Lee Payne (to Belle Vue), Jon Armstrong (to Mildenhall), Ryan Terry-Daley (to Coventry), Paul Burnett.
FIXTURE PICTURE…
THURSDAY MARCH 24:ELITE LEAGUE: King’s Lynn v Lakeside 7.30TWEED/TEES TROPHY 1st leg: Redcar v Berwick 7.30INTER-LEAGUE CHALLENGE 2nd leg: Sheffield v Leicester 7.30
FRIDAY MARCH 25:ELITE LEAGUE: Belle Vue v Wolverhampton 1pm, Coventry v Leicester 7.30, Lakeside v King’s Lynn 1pm, Poole v Swindon 12pmLEAGUE CUP: Somerset v Plymouth 7.30NATIONAL TROPHY: Birmingham v Stoke 7.30GOOD FRIDAY CHASE: Eastbourne v Kent 12pm, Kent v Eastbourne 6.30
SATURDAY MARCH 26:ELITE LEAGUE: Leicester v Coventry 7.30 TWEED/TEES TROPHY 2nd leg: Berwick v Redcar 7pmLEAGUE CUP: Plymouth v Somerset 7.15IAN THOMAS SHIELD 1st leg: Workington v Newcastle 7pm
SUNDAY MARCH 27:ELITE LEAGUE: Swindon v Poole 5pmLEAGUE CUP: Scunthorpe v Sheffield 3pmIAN THOMAS SHIELD 2nd leg Newcastle v Workington 6.30CHALLENGE: Glasgow v Coventry 3pm, Mildenhall v NL Select 3.30FOUR-TEAM TOURNAMENT: Scunthorpe 4.30
MONDAY MARCH 28:LEAGUE CUP: Peterborough v Ipswich 2pm, Rye House v Somerset 2pmTRAVEL PLUS NATIONAL LEAGUE: Belle Vue v Cradley 12pm, Coventry v Eastbourne 4pm, Cradley v Belle Vue 7.30, Rye House v Mildenhall (follows LC fixture)EASTER TROPHY: Kent v King’s Lynn 3pm
TUESDAY MARCH 29:ELITE LEAGUE: Wolverhampton v Belle Vue 7.30
WEDNESDAY MARCH 30:ELITE LEAGUE: Belle Vue v Poole 7.30
THURSDAY MARCH 31:ELITE LEAGUE: King’s Lynn v Belle Vue 7.30, Swindon v Coventry 7.30LEAGUE CUP: Sheffield v Peterborough 7.30TYNE/TEES TROPHY 1st leg: Redcar v Newcastle 7.30
FRIDAY APRIL 1:ELITE LEAGUE: Coventry v Wolverhampton 7.30, Lakeside v Leicester 8pmLEAGUE CUP: Peterborough v Scunthorpe 7.30, Somerset v Rye House 7.30TRICENNIAL TROPHY: Edinburgh v Belle Vue 7.30
SATURDAY APRIL 2: ELITE LEAGUE: Leicester v Lakeside 7.30 LEAGUE CUP: Ipswich v Sheffield 7.30BORDER TROPHY 1st leg: Berwick v Workington 7pm
SUNDAY APRIL 3:LEAGUE CUP: Glasgow v Edinburgh 3pmTRAVEL PLUS NATIONAL LEAGUE: Rye House v Kent 6pmTYNE/TEES TROPHY 2nd leg: Newcastle v Redcar 6.30BORDER TROPHY 2nd leg: Workington v Berwick 7pmFENLAND FOURS: Mildenhall 3.30
MONDAY APRIL 4:BRITISH UNDER-21 SEMI-FINAL: Kent 6.30ELITE LEAGUE: King’s Lynn v Coventry 7.30, Wolverhampton v Swindon 7.30
